Example sentences of "only [v-ing] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are only catering for the mindless buffoons who find Simon Fanshawe a greater stimulus than Shakespeare . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm only looking for a taxi . ’ |
| 3 | And you only have to see a police uniform through the door to feel racked with guilt , even though you 've done nothing wrong and he 's only looking for a lost cat . |
| 4 | I do find that most people who come out here on short contracts are only looking for a paid holiday . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , God help him , poor gentleman , ’ Kate laughed , pleased at male incompetence , ‘ he was only looking for the oven when I got in . |
| 6 | She knew he was only pretending for the benefit of their audience . |
| 7 | Cos you ca n't go and say well I 'm only going for a couple of weeks ! |
| 8 | He 's only , he 's only going for a couple of weeks |
| 9 | Now what you were doing was , you got the top figure of available beds and you this time , I 'm only going for the this paper that is shown to me a an an an and produced some place in in your apartments and it says here , partly vacancies weekend in the first of August . |
| 10 | He was only waiting for a chance . |
| 11 | ‘ Only waiting for a taxi . ’ |
| 12 | He made friends easily though he occasionally collected the odd hanger-on who I felt sure was only waiting for a Sheikhly hand-out . |
| 13 | He 's [ the killer 's companion ] only waiting for a knock on the door , ’ Mr Brown said . |
| 14 | He 's [ the killer 's companion ] only waiting for a knock on the door , ’ Mr Brown added . |
| 15 | ‘ What 's life , ’ he said with a pessimism that fed Richard 's gloom , ‘ only waiting for the end . ’ |
| 16 | Agnes is only waiting for the guest to start speaking his reason for coming . |
| 17 | He also alleged that the KGB had recruited hundreds of British traitors who were only waiting for the signal from Moscow to begin destroying Britain 's communication system and military establishments around the country . |
| 18 | They dreamed together their first dream of life : of its glories and its fame , of the life that lay beyond the prison walls of this school and beyond this miserable town , which to despise was their delight , of the life that must open up soon before them , that was only waiting for the two of them in order to receive them and shower them with its infinite gifts ! |
| 19 | The British government was only waiting for the ECJ to rule ( and its decision was not unexpected ) before reforming the Shops Act . |
| 20 | Every girl in New York who is not a singer is only waiting for the right break to come along so she can get to be one . |
| 21 | ‘ She was only waiting for the kids to grow up and then she said she 'd leave me . |
| 22 | I came out of the forces , he was only waiting for the time that I came out , for him to retire . |
| 23 | ‘ I was only aiming for the British record , ’ Wooderson declared in a state of shock which caused him sleepless nights for a week . |
| 24 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |
| 25 | he 's only coming for an hour . |
| 26 | Like brownies , they prefer to work during daylight hours and snooze in a warm spot by the hearth during the day , only hoping for a bowl of milk as payment for their labours . |